Social Networking, the Military, and Control
March 8, 2010
I don’t know if this item from Gizmodo is accurate. I will leave its veracity to you. Navigate to “Israeli Raid Cancelled After Very Stupid Facebook Post.” The alleged incident involves a soldier, Facebook, and a post. The upshot is that the soldier revealed information about an upcoming military action. In the context of the azure chip outfit Datamonitor urging banks to use social media and the US military relaxing its rules, the alleged Facebook post underscores how easily a single person’s actions can compromise a much larger group. I know the azure chip crowd and the poobahs are avid social media Kool Aid drinkers. Make sure that Jim Jones has not prepared the beverage. The posting was not stupid. The posting underscores how a command and control system does not work if one assumes social media is just super. One more example of a person who can make a browser work assuming he or she can navigate the information ecosystem. Clueless.
Stephen E Arnold, March 8, 2010
No one paid me to write this. I am not going to report non payment to anyone.
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